Nordics
Adelis exits Med Group after three-year holding
Firm saw its turnover double to тЌ100m and the number of employees increase from 800 to 3,000
Former Herkules-backed Tilbords facing insolvency
Tilbords shops are said to still be open for business, but the website has been closed down
Nordic Capital acquires dental group
New group includes three dentist chains and a dental technology laboratory operator
Nordic acquires additional shares in Nordax
Deal is outside the public cash offer submitted by Nordic Capital and Sampo earlier in February
Alliance backs Boost AI in $5m funding round
Financing will be used to strengthen technical and commercial teams for expansion plans
European PE in 2017: Scaling new heights
Buyout activity and fundraising reached a new peak in 2017, with mega-buyouts and small-cap deals fueling dealflow and French funds popular among LPs
Ascend Capital backs TactoTek in $23m round
TactoTek will use the fresh capital to expand operations and production capacity
VC-backed Vivino raises $20m series-C
Latest round brings Vivino's funding to $57m since first receiving a capital injection in 2011
IK carves out PwC Sweden's business services division
Deal was made via the IK VIII fund, with a debt package provided by Nordic banks
ATP Private Equity Partners VI holds €800m final close
PE arm of ATP also announces a change in its investment strategy and is merging operations
Nordic to restructure fund VII, roll €2.2bn into new vehicle
Buyers Goldman Sachs and Coller Capital are offering an 11% premium to NAV to existing LPs
Tesi leads €6m funding round for Zervant
Zervant plans to use the investment to grow the use of electronic invoicing for micro-businesses
Ratos exits Jøtul to OpenGate in NOK 360m deal
Deal ends a 12-year holding period for Ratos, after first acquiring shares in 2006
Q4 Barometer: Deal volume and aggregate value slide
Despite a boom in both dealflow and aggregate value across 2017 as a whole, the final quarter of the year saw a slowdown in activity
Nordic Capital submits cash offer for shares in Nordax
Bid comes four months after Nordic Capital bought a 9.96% stake in Stockholm-listed Nordax
Creandum leads $10m series-A round for Mixmax
Mixmax plans to use the new capital to build its team and develop a new mobile interface
CalSTRS looks to widen co-investment and direct investing
US LP, worth $224.8bn, is consulting on setting up direct investment capabilities
Capidea acquires 55% stake in Budweg Caliper
Deal marks first investment from the PE firm's latest investment vehicle, Capidea Kapital III
EQT-backed Piab acquires Feba Automation
Deal marks the second bolt-on in three months after Piab acquired SAS Automation in 2017
Aurelius sells AH Industries back to management
Kim Kronborg Christiansen and Adrian Roy Willetts will head up the management team
CapMan rolls out incentive plan for top team
Performance will be determined based on personal records and company returns, commencing 1 April
Axcel acquires Isadora
Isadora intends to expand, with plans to enter the US market, following the deal
EQ launches new secondary fund
Simultaneously to the launch, EQ also held a first close for its fund-of-funds EQ PE X North
EQ PE X North holds first close on €83m
Fundraising will continue during Q2, and a final close on тЌ175m is planned for June 2018